Valve-wheel.



G. LIDSEEN.

VALVE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILEDJUNE15.1914.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

13% 105 famil (156 en NOGRAPH CO WAISHI eus'ravn LinsEEiv, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VALVE-WHEEL.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

Application filed June 15, 1914. Serial No. 845,102.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUs'rAvE LIDSEEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valve- Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

A cheap and durable valve wheel which will not become too warm to handle has always been in great demand. On the cheaper types of valves, wooden hand wheels have been used for the reason that they are cheap and also self insulating, so that there is practically no possibility of the same becoming heated to an extent whereby the hand would be burned by contact therewith. However, the objection to wooden wheels is that they are easily broken, sometimes even the heat from the valve warping the wood to an extent causing the same to break of its own accord.

This invention relates to stamped metal valve wheels of light construction, and has for its object to provide certain improvements in the construction of the same, as will be hereinafter more definitely pointed out and claimed. reference being'had to the accompanying drawing. in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a conventional type of valve provided with a hand wheel embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the hand wheel detached therefrom. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

As shown in the drawings: The valve is indicated as a whole by the reference numeral 1, and, as usual, is provided with a stem 2, the upper end of which is squared and tapered to receive thereon a hand wheel embodying the principles of my invention. Said hand wheel comprises a rounded apertured rim 3, which-is integrally connected with an upwardly projectingstamped hub 4, by means of a plurality of spokes 5. Intermediate said spokes 5. and beneath the plane of the top surface of the hub are small projecting flanges 6, and another stamped metal hub member 7, is rigidly connected to said hand wheel on the under surface thereof by means of ears'13, extending upwardly between the spokes of the hand wheel and bent over said flanges 6. The hub portion 4:, of the wheel, is provided with a square aperture 8, stamped therein to afford downwardly extending angled projections 9, on the sides thereof, and similarly said registering hub portion 7, is provided with a stamped square aperture 10, slightly larger than the aperture 8, and provided with inwardly projecting angled portions 11. The latter portions 11, are slightly convergent and are in fact parallel to the respective projections 9, thereabove, so that said respective stamped portions forming the hub of the hand wheel are adapted to fit tightly over a squared valve stem of uniform taper. The hand wheel of course is held upon the valve stem 2, by means of a nut 12, threaded on the outer end of the valve stem, and bearing tightly down upon the upper surface of the hub 4.

The operation is obvious from the description. However, owing to the fact that the wheel is of such a light and open construction it acts effectively to radiate heat, so that there is practically no tendency for the same to become excessively warmed to burn the hand of a person operating the same.

It is obvious that the wheel may be con structed with the apertures 8 and 10. of the same size, and the respective projections 9 and 11, formed on the sides thereof may be perpendicular instead of angled, if so desired, but this is a mere detail of construction. The construction of course affords an air space in the compartment between the respective hub members 4 and 7 and this also assists in preventing the hand wheel becoming overheated.

I am aware that various details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described, a hand wheel comprising 7 an outwardly stamped hub member, projections on said hub member, a stamped metal hub member, and integral ears thereon bent over the projectiehs on said first mentioned hub member relation with each other to receive a valve '10 afiordiggg" a co neetion between sgyid: respective hub members? X 1 '1 2.111 a device of the class describei a hand Wheel having an inte r e lehub pqrtien, another hub portion cOfifieC ed thereto, each of said'hub portions having registeringaye tures stamped therein, and projections n t e s desfifs id apertu es a ain pa fl e stem therei11.,

, Intes'tmabnywhereof Ihavehereunto subseribed my name in the presence of two sube iibm vtne ee V GUSTAVE LIDSEEN. itnesses:

CHARLES W. HILLS, J r., 131 111111: K. HUDSON.

Gopiespf this patent may be dbt ained fei five cenfseach,.byaddres-singgthe Commissioner of Patents,

1 Weshington, D. G. 

